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January 16, 2009

Plant Rights - a step too far!

The brouhaha in scientific circles started beginning of May, and I don't know why I have not gotten around to posting this.

Anyway, the Swiss government has in the Swiss constitution an article on the dignity of living things. So by extension, a plant is alive and thus should be treated "morally". I can't do better than this great article by Wesley Smith in the weeklystandard.com called "the silent scream of the asparagus". Also, on treehugger.com there is a link to the official text in pdf format.

Posted by on January 16, 2009 at 02:54 PM |

Tags: dignity of plants, plant rights, swiss ethical position

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